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An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again.
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Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.
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If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.
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Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it only then because they give up trying to analyze it and decide to accept it.
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
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Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.
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Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.
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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.
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I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.
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I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
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If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
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The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.' He said that to five out of seven.
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